Hanging them up

What started in 1988 for William Crowder ended last Tuesday night as his final meeting as a member of the Malta City Council came to a close. A few hours prior to that meeting, Crowder sat down with the Phillips County News to discuss his time on the board and how he came to be the representative for Malta's Ward 2.

"There were some interests at the time that I had which I thought could be better," Crowder said of his decision to run for city council in 27 years ago.

Since that time, Crowder has worked with a handful of Malta Mayors, a dozen fellow council members and countless changes t...